Writing

Singer Matt Shultz has stated that the song is inspired by a "Personal experience" and that the words came to him naturally.[1] After he began writing Shultz phoned the album's producer who stated "Matt, finish the song right now! Just do it." [1] Shultz also noted that the song came from a desire "to be transparent and speak from naked honesty" [1]

Music video

The official music video for "Cigarette Daydreams" was directed by Mark Pellington and released on September 5, 2014.[2] The video stars actress Juliette Buchs - who is also the wife of Cage the Elephant frontman Matthew Shultz - as a woman struggling to find peace in her life, interspersed with various scenes of her running away from an unknown entity.[2][3]